Cairo awarded prize

Thursday

Feb 7, 2013 at 1:00 PM

MoDOT prize for Battle of the Seatbelt Challenge

Chuck Embree

A special presentation was made at the Northeast R-4 School in Cairo during the basketball games Tuesday night with the Glasgow Yellowjackets. Larry Gibbs of American Family Insurance presented a monetary gift to teacher Mary Beth Keen, who led the R-4 students in winning the Battle of the Belt Challenge, a competition to raise seat belt use among teens. Twenty-eight of the 41 schools in Northeast Missouri participated. Two surprise seat belt checks at each school to measure student seat belt use before and after an educational campaign was launched and Northeast R-4 received a gold banner with 100 per cent participation. Holding the banner are Cairo juniors Adrian Andrews and Kylee Avery with Gibbs at the left. In the other photo, Keen has the plaque and she and Gibbs are holding the special check. MoDOT officials also attended the presentation. In addition to the special Battle of the Belt Challenge event, Senior Night was observed. The host teams won a doubleheader over Glasgow.